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Good point but on the other hand consider the following, prices in all markets (not only financial markets) tend to rise when there is imbalance on the buying side, i.e. greater buying volume than selling volume. And increasing prices for options should mean increasing IV, right? So to sum it...

In an article I was reading here there I found these two statements High volume and low volatility indicates that option contracts are being sold. High volume and high volatility indicates option contracts are being purchased. Are they always true? Does low IV = higher selling volume (vs...

btw if anyone is interested, the article I was here is "VOLATILITY SKEW FOR STOCK OPTIONS" https://www.optionistics.com/volatility-skew

Thank you so much for the taking time to explain things to me. I understand that calls can be only a component of multileg strategies, still isolating the calls part of those strategies I don't completely get how you can have high call volumes and not have more call buyers....unless the...

I'm learning about options and was reading an article that says the following Higher call volume does not necessarily mean more call buyers. Call traders may be selling calls. It is not the disparity in volume, but the disparity in the volatility of calls vs. puts that indicates the side (buy...

What I meant to ask is about the additional costs. IB has numerous pricing structures and comparing the two (IB and TS) it is not clear either which IB cost structure should be compared and how much and where are the additional TS costs. Thanks sm

I'm evaluating this possibility but I'm having a hard time finding answers to a few questions Costs : are costs/commissions higher than for an account opened directly with IB? Account location : is the IB account US based or EU based for Europeans? and I'd also like to hear your experience...

Will try it next time it occurs. Thanks for the suggestion. Thanks sm

Tradezero, located in Nassau Bahamas......are you scared at the idea that these people might disappear with your money? I'm also from europe and I have an account with binck bank and I hate them and I'm also considering IB but I know that they have penalties if you don't generate enough monthly...

Just started out using TWS and unfortunately it looks like a bugged application....the ticker selection popup window got stuck on the upper left corner. I solved restarting the application but maybe someone knows a way to force close it. Thanks sm

Is there a way to clear the combo box displaying the recently looked at tickers, in other words the combo displayed below? Thanks sm

If anyone needs it, https://www.eoption.com/ offers free paper trading for 2 months and it looks decent, not a videogame as on other sites Thanks sm

Uhm, dead? The http status 500 errors trying to access its pages. Thanks sm

Thank you @ZBZB added to my bookmarks but I was looking for something more like a paper trading account for options Thanks sm

@umbolox thank you for sharing

@BLC I'm completely new to options (have been reading the entire day today about them) and I'd have a few questions Any specific reason for going only with dividend-paying blue chip stocks? Why only weekly options? I did not know that an option seller could close the contract early, is that...

@taowave and @cesfx thank you both

I'm trying to start experimenting simple strategies using options and I was looking both for good free training on options but even more a good demo account. I have opened a few demo accounts around but I'm really shocked at how some of these look oversimplified to the point that you can't...

@tomorton interesting overall strategy. Thanks for sharing. Thanks, sm

Is backtesting how you identified and refined the rules you follow in your automated algos?